For
dating Sanjay Chawla, a member of the Indian betting ring, Delhi Police
imprisoned former South African captain Hansie Cronje in 2000. This incident is
still regarded as the catalyst for the worst match-fixing scandal in cricket
history. Among the greatest match-fixing scandals in cricket history are the
IPL match-fixing event from the sixth season and the scam in 2000.
When
not discovered, match-fixing has developed into a highly profitable industry
for both players and shady syndicates, much like gambling and betting. You've
compiled a list of scandals involving match-fixing in cricket that
significantly affected the sport's image.
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10 Biggest Match-Fixing Scandals In Cricket-
1. Hansie
Cronje
When
the Delhi Police revealed that they had recorded shady discussions between
Sanjay Chawla and Hansie Cronje in 2000, it resulted in one of the largest
match-fixing scandals in cricket history. Cronje, a well-liked and accomplished
South African cricket player, was idolized by the public.
He
caused controversy, nevertheless, because of his friendship with Sanjay Chawla.
A well-known member of the Indian betting ring, Sanjay was recognized. Cronje
cried while denying all claims of match-fixing at first, but he stopped under
cross-examination.
Hansie
Cronje ultimately received a lifetime ban from playing cricket. Also, there
were rumors that Cronje had been assassinated before his 2002 fatal aircraft
accident.
2. Match
Fixing Controversy,2000
In
1998, Indian player Manoj Prabhakar issued a warning. His troubling revelation
to the BCCI led to one of the largest match-fixing scandals in cricket history.
Jadeja said that they tried to bribe him with a payment of Rs 25 lakh from a
colleague.
He
tried to make up for Manoj's lackluster performance in 1994 versus Pakistan.
According to the probe, Prabhakar was pointing toward Kapil Dev. Azharuddin and
Ajay Sharma were subject to a complete ban after police searches of prominent
cricket players' and officials' homes in 2000. Manoj Prabhakar, Ajay Jadeja,
and Ajay Sharma allegedly have contacts with bookies, according to the police.
3. Mohammad
Azharuddin
Mohammad
Azharuddin was a superb batsman and a competent captain of the Indian Cricket
Team in the 1990s. In 2000, he was accused of rigging a game. Hansie Cronje, a
cricket player from South Africa, is accused of rigging games.
He
admitted his wrongdoings and informed the detectives that Azhar had gotten him
in touch with bookmakers. The police subsequently concluded that he had
tampered with three ODIs. Thereafter he was permanently banned by the ICC and
BCCI.
Later,
Azhar said that his affiliation with Islam was what was causing him to be lured
into a plot. But in 2012, the Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted the prohibition.
4. Salim
Malik
Salim
Malik, who captained the Pakistani team in the 1980s and 1990s, was hailed as a
superb player. Nonetheless, the fact that he was engaged in the most
significant match-fixing incidents remained a secret. He was the first
cricketer to get a match-fixing ban in the twenty-first century.
When
commanding a cricket tour that included South Africa and Zimbabwe, Malik was
placed on leave. Malik's playing career came to a close after more than 100
Test matches. Authorities found him guilty of rigging cricket matches, and a
life term was imposed on him.
5. Mark
Waugh and Shane Warne
Throughout
1994 and 1995, Indian bookmaker John the Bookmaker received weather and pitch
information from Australian players Mark Waugh and Shane Warne in return for
money. This was the largest match-fixing scandal of the 1990s, and the
Australian Cricket Board has first shown a significant effort to hide it.
Warne
and Waugh both offered defenses when the problem came to light in 1998,
claiming that they had never revealed strategic information.
Interesting
side note: Shane Warne was summoned by Pakistani cricket captain Saleem Malik
to testify against him for attempting to bribe him into losing matches. The
world continues to have serious reservations about his trustworthiness despite
this admission.
6. The
No-Ball Scandal of Pakistan
A
News of the World undercover investigation revealed members of the Pakistani
national cricket squad in 2010 for accepting payments from bookmaker Mazhar
Majeed in return for playing no-balls.
Salman
Butt, Mohammad Asif, and Mohammad Amir were found guilty by the International
Cricket Council (ICC) and suspended for five to 10 years.
They
were also charged with planning to deliberately play no-ball during Test
matches in 2011, and for that, they were given jail sentences ranging from 6 to
32 months.
7. Mervyn
Westfield
Mervyn
Westfield confessed and was the first English player to be found guilty of
spot-fixing in one of cricket's worst match-fixing scandals. After finding
evidence of "match irregularities" during the domestic 2009 season,
police apprehended Westfield in 2012. He confessed to exchanging £6,000 for
intentionally bowling wide.
2012
saw the addition of a four-month jail term to his lifelong ban from playing
cricket in England and Wales.
8. Marlon
Samuels
Samuels
played cricket for the West Indies team the year they won the ICC World
Twenty20, in 2012. But before that, in 2008, he was moved to a bookmaker before
the West Indies-India game at Nagpur because he was allegedly sharing
information on team tactics.
Despite
Samuels' insistence that he was innocent, phone call records provided
sufficient evidence to sustain a two-year suspension. Marlon Samuels made a
triumphant return to the field after a short suspension.
9. Maurice
Odumbe
With
Kenya's victory against the West Indies in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, this
Kenyan cricketer was named Man of the Match. He was a star performer for the
group. The ICC investigated Odumbe in 2004 in response to suspicions of
match-fixing and concluded that he had taken bribes. He has been barred for
five years as a consequence.
Odumbe
said he would rebound from one of the biggest match-fixing scandals in history,
even though many people thought the suspension would terminate his career.
Odumbe began participating in domestic cricket matches in 2009.
10. IPL
Fixing Scandal
There
will undoubtedly be one of the worst match-fixing scandals in sports history
involving a major league in a nation where cricket is a religion. Three
Rajasthan Royals cricket players, Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan, and S.
Sreesanth, were accused by the Delhi Police of their participation in
spot-fixing during the sixth Indian Premier League season.
Afterward,
authorities were looking into 23 additional persons for gambling and other
illegal activities, including bookies, actors, and co-owners Vindu Dara Singh
and Gurunath Meiyappan. They were also accused by the authorities of having
connections to the prominent underworld leaders Chhota Shakeel and Dawood
Ibrahim.
Sreesanth
and Chavan were among the people who were released due to a lack of supporting
evidence and police department cooperation.
Written by Venkata Kishore Sreemalle
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